March 2025

Macworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Rugged design Competitive price Good performance USB-C interface, with USB-A adaptor included Cons No Thunderbolt support Not completely water-resistant Our Verdict It’s not the fastest SSD you can buy for your Mac, but the Extreme Portable SSD is a good all-rounder at a competitive price. Its rugged design […]

Tap to Pay on iPhone is an excellent feature for small and midsize business owners, as it makes taking payments from customers easy. Starting today, Intuit has announced that all Quickbooks users will be able to start taking payments directly from their iPhone. more…

A Bloomberg report yesterday suggested that iOS 19 could be getting a completely new look, in the biggest change since iOS 7 back in 2013. A similarly dramatic change is expected for macOS 16. While the report is light on detail, the few clues it provide does make it sound like the upcoming software updates

The first M4 MacBook Air reviews are out, and the consensus view appears to be that while it may not be an exciting update, it’s a lot of tech for the money – and is the Mac most people should buy. The other thing reviewers agree on is that the new blue color is a

Apple’s new Mac Studio arrives in users’ hands this week, and the first reviews have just become available. The conclusion? This is a powerhouse machine that is easily the most powerful Mac ever—but you need to know which chip is right for you. more…

Macworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Impressive speed Thunderbolt 5 support Compact design Port flexibility Cons Fixed RAM and SSD; not user upgradable Our Verdict The Mac Studio is a mean machine ideal for the most hectic of production environments. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined

Macworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Can drive two external displays at 6K/60Hz M4 provides a performance boost New 12MP Center Stage camera Cons No more Space Gray option Our Verdict With the M4 MacBook Air, Apple addressed the major flaws with its predecessor, which was an excellent laptop in the first place. Is

President Trump last month attacked the bipartisan CHIPS Act, seeking to dismantle it, and a new reports says that the White House now appears to have started work on doing so. A chipmaker’s industry association – whose members include TSMC – held a call in which they expressed concerns about the impact on their plans

Macworld Let’s talk about Severance. Perseverance. See what the Macalope did there? It’s a little play on words. Wordplay is a delightful way to draw a reader in. By tricking them. Anyway, the horny one doesn’t actually want to talk about Severance right now because he hasn’t seen last week’s episode yet. Instead let’s talk

If there’s one piece of advice that bears repeating about AI chatbots it’s “Don’t use them to seek factual information – they absolutely cannot be trusted to be right.” A new study demonstrated the extent of the problem – but did show that Apple made a good choice in partnering with OpenAI’s ChatGPT for queries